EP0170531A2 - Poignées pour emballages enveloppés - Google Patents

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EP0170531A2
EP0170531A2 EP85305509A EP85305509A EP0170531A2 EP 0170531 A2 EP0170531 A2 EP 0170531A2 EP 85305509 A EP85305509 A EP 85305509A EP 85305509 A EP85305509 A EP 85305509A EP 0170531 A2 EP0170531 A2 EP 0170531A2
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Brian Davy Collins
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Tetra Pak AB
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Tetra Pak International AB
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/14—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for incorporating, or forming and incorporating, handles or suspension means in packages

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  • the present invention relates to a method of forming a handle on a wrapped package, and to a package so formed.
  • One way of wrapping a package in a plastics film is by shrink-wrapping.
  • the package is loosely wrapped in a loose sleeve or bag of thin film of plastics material, which material is then heated. The heating causes the plastics material to shrink around the package so that the package is tightly encased in the film.
  • Another way of wrapping a package is by stretch-wrapping.
  • a plastics film is wrapped tightly around the package so that again the result is a tightly encased package.
  • the present invention therefore proposes a method in which the wrapping is formed, with the handle secured at or near the bottom of the article, then conformed to the shape of the article.
  • the material to form the handle may have a lower shrink capability and/or be of thicker gauge than the material to form the wrapping, so that it shrinks less than the wrapping material. If the conformation is by stretch-wrapping, the material to form the handle may have a lower tension than the wrapping material. The other properties of the material to form the handle could then be the same as the wrapping material, unless different properties were needed for suitable handle strength.
  • the material to form the handle is preferably a narrow web of suitable plastics material which is sealed to a wrapping film by e.g. heat sealing, and it is desirable that this heat sealing of the handle is carried out in the same operation as the heat sealing of the wrapping film around the package.
  • a first wrapping web 1 extends underneath a package 2 to be wrapped.
  • the package 2 may be a single item or a collation of items.
  • the first web 1 is heat sealed at seal 3 to a second web 4, and also to a third web 5, the second and third webs extending over the top of the package.
  • the first and second webs 1, 4 will form a sleeve of thin film plastics material around the package 2, whilst the third web 5 will form the handle.
  • the first web 1 originates in a lower web drum 6, and passes through a lower web drive 7, past a roller 8 and over the top of a lower seal jaw 9.
  • the second web 4 originates in an upper web drum 10 and passes through upper drive means 11, past a roller 12 and under an upper seal jaw 13.
  • the upper seal jaw 13 is lowered to the position shown by dotted lines, at which position the three webs 1, 4, 5 are pressed together. Heat is applied between the upper and lower seal jaws 13 and 9 respectively to seal the webs to each other, with the second and third webs 4, 5 passing around three sides of the package 2.
  • the three webs are then cut at the seal thus formed so that part of the seal remains with the webs around the package and part holds the ends of the webs together.
  • the package 2 is then removed e.g. via conveyor 15, and another package inserted from the left in Fig. 1.
  • the part of the seal formed in the previous operation which holds the ends of the webs together then forms the seal 3 for the new package.
  • the package is to be shrink-wrapped, all three webs 1, 4, 5 are then heated e.g. by hot air blower 16, but the properties of the third web 5 are such that it shrinks less than the other two webs 1, 4.
  • This may be achieved by making the third web 5 of thicker gauge than the other two webs, or by using a plastics material with a lower shrink capability.
  • the result is shown in Fig. 2.
  • the first and second webs 1 and 4 are wrapped tightly around the package 2 whilst the third web 5 extends loosely over the top of the package 2 and thus forms a handle.
  • the handle is secured to the rest of the wrapping at the heat seal 3, and also at a heat seal 14 formed at the closing of the seal jaws 9 and 13. In this way, attachment strength is given by the "tack" of the second and third films 4, 5 where they are in contact.
  • the securing of the handle to the rest of the wrapping may be further strengthened by providing a material on the second or third webs 4 and 5 which bonds the webs together when the package is shrink-wrapped.
  • Fig. 1 If the embodiment of Fig. 1 is to be used in stretch-wrapping, the first and second webs 1 and 4 would be under tension and the third web 5 would be relatively loose. In order to achieve this it would probably be necessary to provide a separate drive means for the third web 5, rather than use the same drive means 11 as the second web.
  • the handle need not be attached to the bottom of the wrapped package. If both the upper and lower seal jaws move, the sealing together of the three webs may be achieved at an intermediate point along the side of the package 2. However, this should be far enough from the top of the package 2 to ensure that attachment strength is given by "tack" due to contact between the films.
  • the material used for the first and second webs 1 and 4 may be of any suitable shrink or stretch-wrapping material. If the webs 1, 4, 5 are to be sealed together by heat as described above, the third web should be compatible for heat sealing to the other webs, and may in addition be coloured, printed, or embossed, to provide e.g. information about the package. However, other sealing methods may be used, e.g. ultrasonic welding.
  • the present invention is not limited to shrink and stretch-wrapping methods, but may also be adapted to other wrapping techniques, such as the use of "L" sealing machines. The important feature is that the plastics material to form the handle should behave differently from the wrapping material when the package is wrapped.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Packages (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Polymers With Sulfur, Phosphorus Or Metals In The Main Chain (AREA)
EP85305509A 1984-08-03 1985-08-02 Poignées pour emballages enveloppés Expired EP0170531B1 (fr)

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AT85305509T ATE42521T1 (de) 1984-08-03 1985-08-02 Traggriffe fuer umwickelte verpackungen.

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GB848419859A GB8419859D0 (en) 1984-08-03 1984-08-03 Handles for packages

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EP0170531A2 true EP0170531A2 (fr) 1986-02-05
EP0170531A3 EP0170531A3 (en) 1987-04-15
EP0170531B1 EP0170531B1 (fr) 1989-04-26

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DE4026807A1 (de) * 1990-08-24 1992-03-05 Rockwool Mineralwolle Vorrichtung zum umhuellen einer verpackungseinheit
RU2484050C1 (ru) * 2012-02-09 2013-06-10 Юлия Алексеевна Щепочкина Керамическая масса

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US3557516A (en) * 1968-10-30 1971-01-26 Reynolds Metals Co Method of making a package construction
EP0139621A1 (fr) * 1983-09-09 1985-05-02 Meco-Pak Aktiebolag Dispositif pour souder des feuilles de matière plastique en bande continue

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US3756395A (en) * 1972-01-17 1973-09-04 R Ganz Shrink pack and method and apparatus for making the same
US4422281A (en) * 1979-04-03 1983-12-27 Pepsi Co., Inc. Container package and its manufacture

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US3557516A (en) * 1968-10-30 1971-01-26 Reynolds Metals Co Method of making a package construction
EP0139621A1 (fr) * 1983-09-09 1985-05-02 Meco-Pak Aktiebolag Dispositif pour souder des feuilles de matière plastique en bande continue

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4026807A1 (de) * 1990-08-24 1992-03-05 Rockwool Mineralwolle Vorrichtung zum umhuellen einer verpackungseinheit
RU2484050C1 (ru) * 2012-02-09 2013-06-10 Юлия Алексеевна Щепочкина Керамическая масса

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GB2162488A (en) 1986-02-05
GB8419859D0 (en) 1984-09-05
EP0170531A3 (en) 1987-04-15
EP0170531B1 (fr) 1989-04-26
DE3569712D1 (en) 1989-06-01
GB8519465D0 (en) 1985-09-11

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